As if the colossal divide in American politics between the Clinton and Trump camps wasn’t enough, there now exists a humongous chasm in MLB circles as well. It revealed itself after the recent Jose Bautista/Toronto Blue Jays vs. Rougned Odor/Texas Rangers brouhaha. This is ...

Murphy’s Law (If anything can go wrong, it will) plagued the Washington Nationals throughout the entire 2015 campaign. Injuries, slumps, clubhouse turmoil, dugout fights. You name it. Whatever bad things could have taken place, did. And those events ended up sabotaging the high hopes ...

Huh? What in the (hades) were they thinking! That was MAS’ reaction recently to some dubious quarterback decisions made by a pair of NFL ball clubs. If MAS had a bigger chin instead of his mini-job, it surely would have hit the floor in ...

Now THAT was one fantastic finish to an NBA regular season. Not even the spoil-sport antics of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg “Sourpuss” Popovich could ruin it (MAS will explain later). Instead of having to snooze through the usual dreary ending to six long ...

Pittsburgh Pirates hurler Ryan Vogelsong is different things to different people. Around the world, folks relate to him in a variety of ways — all good. To Pirates fans, he is their newly signed starting pitcher who has enjoyed tremendous postseason big league success. ...

“Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts his hour upon the stage. And then is heard no more.” — Shakespeare’s Macbeth If only those words by Bill the Bard held true for ALL ex- NBA players. These days, that’s what ...

If you’ve been on a mission to Mars with Matt Damon for a year or two and just returned to earth, welcome back. Glad you made it home safely. However, MAS must warn you: you won’t recognize the current landscape of U.S. collegiate basketball. ...

Are there any words more beautiful to the ears of MLB diehards than these: Pitchers and catchers report Feb. 23rd. MAS thinks not. They warm the cockles of the heart, if not the nose and toes, of the faithful shivering through another hot stove ...

Perhaps the NFL thought the furor over head injuries would go away after it awarded $765 million to over a thousand concussed ex-players. Wrong! The recently released movie “Concussion” dashed any sweep-it-under-the-rug hopes the league may have entertained. In case it slipped your mind, ...

“He treated us all equal — like dogs” — Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packers’ guard on his Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi That’s how Kramer, himself a Hall of Famer, described playing for the legendary, hard-driving Green Bay coach in Jerry’s best-selling book, ...

The more things change in the chase for the U.S. collegiate football title, the more they stay the same. Yes, we now have the College Football Playoff — CFP — in place of the old BCS (Bowl Championship Series) setup. But the often dubious ...